The article I chose to critique is titled, “Promoting Social and Cultural Competence for Students from Diverse Backgrounds with Disabilities”, written by Beatrice Adera and Maria L. Manning (2014) and published in the journal of Multicultural Learning and Teaching, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp 67-82.
Summary of the Article
“Promoting Social and Cultural Competence for Students from Diverse Backgrounds with Disabilities” (Adera and Manning, 2014) examines social interaction, social competence, and cultural competence in school aged children with diverse backgrounds and disabilities. Also, the article suggests important strategies the classroom teacher can implement to increase social and emotional behaviors within the classroom, as well as, the community. …show more content…
Teachers bring their own background knowledge, perceptions and experiences into the classroom which can also set a certain cultural tone in their classrooms and with their students. Teachers are encouraged to change their thinking by establishing a positive sense of culture and community in the classroom by using peer interaction to teach social skills. A daily morning meeting, where the classroom is demonstrating social skills, would be an example of creating culture amongst students in the classroom. Teachers need to set clear rules for expectations and procedures for all things in the classroom and allow for multiple opportunities for these interactions to be practiced and reinforced. Students also need to know what is appropriate and not appropriate and they need clear …show more content…
In my classroom, I have realized that all staff needs to be doing the same thing and using the same language in order for all of our students to be successful.
Our school has implemented a new school wide behavioral plan due to the high number of office referrals and suspensions. The new plan is focusing on creating a positive school environment in which the theme is “It starts with me”. It does start with me and it starts with you. We all need to be more socially and culturally aware. I found a real connection with this article when they were discussing how critical it is for teachers to establish a culture in their own classrooms by having the same sets of rules and values across the community. I feel that now that the district has a school wide plan, we are finally creating the community in the school that was lacking. All teachers and students are abiding by the same rules and when teachers see a student doing one of the good acts we reward them with a pride ticket. After a few weeks, teachers then have students count their tickets to see who has earned a special treat that is given school wide. It has been very empowering for students. The teachers have been focusing on the wrong things the last few years. I feel that we are now moving in the right direction and are going to help all children progress socially, emotionally,
Summary of the Article
“Promoting Social and Cultural Competence for Students from Diverse Backgrounds with Disabilities” (Adera and Manning, 2014) examines social interaction, social competence, and cultural competence in school aged children with diverse backgrounds and disabilities. Also, the article suggests important strategies the classroom teacher can implement to increase social and emotional behaviors within the classroom, as well as, the community. …show more content…
Teachers bring their own background knowledge, perceptions and experiences into the classroom which can also set a certain cultural tone in their classrooms and with their students. Teachers are encouraged to change their thinking by establishing a positive sense of culture and community in the classroom by using peer interaction to teach social skills. A daily morning meeting, where the classroom is demonstrating social skills, would be an example of creating culture amongst students in the classroom. Teachers need to set clear rules for expectations and procedures for all things in the classroom and allow for multiple opportunities for these interactions to be practiced and reinforced. Students also need to know what is appropriate and not appropriate and they need clear …show more content…
In my classroom, I have realized that all staff needs to be doing the same thing and using the same language in order for all of our students to be successful.
Our school has implemented a new school wide behavioral plan due to the high number of office referrals and suspensions. The new plan is focusing on creating a positive school environment in which the theme is “It starts with me”. It does start with me and it starts with you. We all need to be more socially and culturally aware. I found a real connection with this article when they were discussing how critical it is for teachers to establish a culture in their own classrooms by having the same sets of rules and values across the community. I feel that now that the district has a school wide plan, we are finally creating the community in the school that was lacking. All teachers and students are abiding by the same rules and when teachers see a student doing one of the good acts we reward them with a pride ticket. After a few weeks, teachers then have students count their tickets to see who has earned a special treat that is given school wide. It has been very empowering for students. The teachers have been focusing on the wrong things the last few years. I feel that we are now moving in the right direction and are going to help all children progress socially, emotionally,